Professor Roman Matousek is Head of the Department of Economics and Finance at the School of Business, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, and Founding Director of the Centre for Global Finance and FinTech. An internationally recognised scholar in banking, finance, and digital finance, his work examines how technological change is reshaping financial institutions, markets, and regulation.
His research covers bank efficiency, financial stability, regulation, and financial innovation, with particular emphasis on the role of non-performing assets, capital structure, and institutional constraints in shaping performance and risk. In recent years he has focused on the implications of FinTech, data driven financial services, and new forms of market intermediation. He has published widely in leading journals including the Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, European Journal of Operational Research, and Research Policy. He is co editor of The Palgrave Handbook of FinTech and Blockchain and author of Cross Border Interbank Contagion Risk Analysis published by Cambridge University Press.
Professor Matousek’s current research examines sources of instability in digitally mediated financial markets, particularly volatile cryptocurrency environments. His work analyses how leverage, margin requirements, and automated liquidation mechanisms can intensify price movements, liquidity stress, and contagion. He also leads research on competition and regulation in digital finance, including empirical analysis of effective access in open banking and data sharing arrangements.
He has served as editor and associate editor of major international journals, including the Journal of Banking and Finance and the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money. Beyond academia, he has collaborated with central banks and international financial institutions, including the Bank of England, SEACEN in Kuala Lumpur, and Citicorp Global Research. He has held visiting professorships at leading universities in China, Malaysia, and Japan. He has extensive experience in doctoral supervision and has guided numerous PhD students to completion, many of whom now hold positions in academia, public institutions, and the financial sector.